Here's a story we worked on for a year. We analysed 24 RU mil bases behind Baltic and Polish borders and engaged top level military sources to evaluate our findings. It is a story how the war would play out in case RU would decide to start it. 🧵⬇️ https://t.co/KtiSJkEjVb

NEW: Obscure companies in Russia and the UAE are involved in secretive exports of oil products to North Korea — in amounts violating UN sanctions that Moscow itself supported, financial and customs records show. Here’s what @istories_eng discovered: https://t.co/qN9UZfal21

Emails leaked from a Kremlin-backed legal aid foundation show funding allocated to pro-Russia activities in Ukraine carried out under the guise of legal aid, according to reporting by RFE/RL’s Schemes project. https://t.co/ekMB1QWxcY

@osc_london Now @IStories_eng has revealed new details about the companies facilitating these secretive Russian oil exports thanks to leaked financial records and customs data. They include obscure companies in Russia and the UAE https://t.co/qN9UZfal21

Russia’s oil supply to North Korea is no secret. But in a new investigation with @istories_media and @OCCRP, we reveal for the first time the entities as well as the financial and logistical infrastructure that enabled the trade.

A Floriday is what happens when “Why not?” meets “Why wait?”

Üks väga oluline suur uurimus jõudis täna avaldamiseni. Kõik me tahame minna usaldusväärse arsti juurde ja selle tagamiseks on riigil vaja palju ära teha. Praegune süsteem on ikka väga savijalgadel. https://t.co/VJHfl5R615 #padpractice #OCCRP #crossborderjournalism

💥 Estonian authorities detained two suspects over the GRU parcel bomb plot that rocked Europe last year, when explosive devices hidden in packages sent from Estonia exploded in Germany, the UK, and Poland. @VSquare_Project @holger_r @DelfiEE

✈️🇬🇷 Back from Athens and @iMEdD_org's International Journalism Forum, themed “Navigating the Age of Doubt.” Great to reconnect, make new friends, and catch up on journalism trends—and to note that while many think Hungary’s press freedom is worst in the EU, it’s actually Greece.

2/3 🤔 For months, we tried to learn who mailed it from Narva. Just before our story went live, Estonian security police arrested a Narva couple. A man admitted sending it at a Russian acquaintance’s request but denied knowing its purpose. https://t.co/5ktjkOefo1

1/3💥 Now we know who sent the GRU-organized sabotage package from Narva to Riga. It contained massage pillows & cosmetic tubes filled with a flammable mix. In Vilnius, a "disposable agent" built a bomb from it that later ignited in Germany, Poland & UK. https://t.co/j2sR0T4L2p

✍️ So far, Vasilijs Kovačs from LV has been jailed in Lithuania on terror charges. This week, an Estonian court will decide if Salmanov should be extradited. He’s a wealthy Narva businessman whose Russia-linked trade collapsed after 2022. @holger_r story: https://t.co/j2sR0T5iRX

🔎💥VISUALIZED INVESTIGATION: Six media outlets uncovered the full details of 2024’s arson attacks and explosive parcels across Europe. 🇷🇺These sabotage ops were carried out by Russia’s GRU and masterminded by a smuggler of radioactive materials. 🔗Link: https://t.co/gxV484JeAL

1/7 Hi! Together with colleagues from 4 countries, we @rebaltica uncovered exclusive details on how Russia’s GRU recruited “disposable agents” to send exploding DHL packages through Riga — and who coordinated the operation. Read 🧵 https://t.co/5ktjkOdHyt

A six month-long investigation, based on interviews with European intelligence, law enforcement and a few of the saboteurs… Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions - https://t.co/QPQhJmmhDh

💥🕵️ NEW INVESTIGATION: We reveal the ringleader of the GRU’s parcel-bomb plot—a Russian radioactive-materials smuggler—trace the explosives’ route across NATO borders, and show how the GRU recruited Russians and Ukrainians in the West. @michaeldweiss

Just published, a look into new bases built inside Belarus with @KOvsianyi, @Shavlugo, @OliverKund and @holger_r. 🧵👇

@cxemu @Expressen @istories_media And @Expressen uncovers hate campaigns, led by Medinsky and his organizations, that have been carried out against Sweden

@cxemu @Expressen @istories_media iStories focuses on how Medinsky, a former PR man and insignificant official, gained influence over Putin and turned into the main negotiator for Ukraine https://t.co/752WpU2Qdm

Huge thanks to our investigative partners @cxemu @Expressen & @istories_media There is so much more about Russia's lead negotiator Medinsky in all of our stories that I encourage you to read. Here's is the Schemes' story https://t.co/qmLy3mOPHR

Thanks for sticking with this long thread — more to come soon! You can find our Estonian language story (paywalled) here ⬇️

He is under sanctions in Canada and Australia — but not in the EU. Why? As one European diplomat told us: “His name hasn’t even been on the table — Hungary would block it immediately.”

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